Healthcare procedure and resource scheduling system
First Claim
1. An automated radiology resource monitoring system compensating for unscheduled delay, comprising:
- at least one repository including,data identifying scheduled procedures,data identifying room and equipment availability anddata identifying healthcare worker availability;
a tracking unit, electrically coupled to said at least one repository, for monitoring patient status including progress of currently occurring patient procedures and arrival of patients scheduled for a patient procedure;
an information management processor, electrically coupled to said tracking unit, for updating a task schedule of a healthcare worker in response to a change in patient status indicated by said tracking unit and in response to data derived from said at least one repository and for adaptively compensating for an unscheduled delay in a currently scheduled patient procedure by arithmetically estimating times of completion of procedures and duties based on,predetermined duration times of corresponding procedures and duties anddelays associated with room, worker or equipment availability, by providing information to a user supporting updating a patient schedule and re-directing a patient in response to a candidate schedule; and
a display processor, electrically coupled to said tracking unit and said information management processor, for initiating display of a single composite image identifying progress of currently occurring patient procedures, availability of particular equipment, room, and healthcare worker for performing a procedure for a particular patient at a particular time, and associated delay times for a particular patient using particular equipment, room, and healthcare worker, in response to data derived from said tracking unit and said information processor.
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Abstract
A User Interface system provides a physician with a user-friendly overview of operational and resource information of a Radiology Information System (RIS) and uses rules and hospital knowledge to find and filter RIS information to provide information facilitating making a particular decision. A radiology resource monitoring system comprises at least one repository including, data identifying scheduled procedures, data identifying room and equipment availability and data identifying clinician availability. A patient tracking unit monitors patient status including progress of patient procedures and patient arrival. An information management processor updates a task schedule of a worker in response to a change in patient status indicated by the tracking unit and in response to data derived from the at least one repository.
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17 Claims
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1. An automated radiology resource monitoring system compensating for unscheduled delay, comprising:
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at least one repository including, data identifying scheduled procedures, data identifying room and equipment availability and data identifying healthcare worker availability; a tracking unit, electrically coupled to said at least one repository, for monitoring patient status including progress of currently occurring patient procedures and arrival of patients scheduled for a patient procedure; an information management processor, electrically coupled to said tracking unit, for updating a task schedule of a healthcare worker in response to a change in patient status indicated by said tracking unit and in response to data derived from said at least one repository and for adaptively compensating for an unscheduled delay in a currently scheduled patient procedure by arithmetically estimating times of completion of procedures and duties based on, predetermined duration times of corresponding procedures and duties and delays associated with room, worker or equipment availability, by providing information to a user supporting updating a patient schedule and re-directing a patient in response to a candidate schedule; and a display processor, electrically coupled to said tracking unit and said information management processor, for initiating display of a single composite image identifying progress of currently occurring patient procedures, availability of particular equipment, room, and healthcare worker for performing a procedure for a particular patient at a particular time, and associated delay times for a particular patient using particular equipment, room, and healthcare worker, in response to data derived from said tracking unit and said information processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An automated radiology resource monitoring system compensating for unscheduled delay, comprising:
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at least one repository including, data identifying scheduled procedures, data identifying room and equipment availability and data identifying healthcare worker availability; a tracking unit, electrically coupled to said at least one repository, for monitoring patient status including progress of currently occurring patient procedures and arrival of patients scheduled for a patient procedure; and a display processor, electrically coupled to said tracking unit for initiating display of a single composite image identifying progress of currently occurring patient procedures, availability of particular equipment, room, and healthcare worker for performing a procedure for a particular patient at a particular time, and associated delay times for a particular patient using particular equipment, room, and healthcare worker and information in said single display image is automatically generated in response to adaptively compensating for an unscheduled delay in availability of a currently scheduled patient procedure by arithmetically estimating times of completion of procedures and duties based on, predetermined duration times of corresponding procedures and duties and delays associated with room, worker or equipment availability, by providing information to a user. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An automated radiology resource monitoring system compensating for unscheduled delay, comprising:
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at least one repository including, data identifying scheduled procedures data identifying room and equipment availability and data identifying healthcare worker availability; a tracking unit, electrically coupled to said at least one repository, for monitoring patient status including progress of currently occurring patient procedures and arrival of patients scheduled for a patient procedure; an information management unit, electrically coupled to said at least one repository, for monitoring patient status including progress of currently occurring patient procedures and arrival of patients scheduled for a patient procedure and using predetermined information and schedule data to estimate a time of completion of a scheduled procedure of a particular patient and adaptively compensating for an unscheduled delay in a patient procedure scheduled for a subsequent patient by arithmetically estimating times of completion of procedures and duties based on, predetermined duration times of corresponding procedures and duties and delays associated with room, worker or equipment availability and for generating messages for communication to healthcare workers for re-directing said patient in response to the unscheduled delay; and a display processor, electrically coupled to said tracking unit and said information management unit, for initiating display of a single composite image identifying progress of currently occurring patient procedures, availability of particular equipment, room, and healthcare worker for performing a procedure for a particular patient at a particular time, an overview of patient procedures occurring during a particular user selected time period including a time estimate at which a particular procedure will be completed, and at least one generated message in response to data derived from said tracking unit and said information processor. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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